Painting Drums

[benking]

As im taking the back wheels off tommorow and taking the drums apart to change the bearings, i think it would be rude not to try tidy them up a bit.

Can anyone reccomend way to do this and stuff i would need to get them shining black???

 

[TyeBoi]

i used hamerite smooth black.

 

[expatscot]

Would have thought you would be fine with whatever shade of Hammerite matches your taste.

EDIT:- pipped at the post by seconds it seems. :-D

 

[benking]

Did you prep them in anyway??

 

[Dal]

Rub off all the surface rust with a wire brush, and go over them with some coarse paper.

Don't paint the front of the hubs too much as you'll not want thick paint where your wheels attach.

 

[benking]

Cheers guys

Might have to go all the way and do the calipers too

 

[Anonymous]

was gonna say get sum sand paper out and a wire brush.. show us pics as im gonna be doing mine soon

 

[Dal]

When I did mine:

Before:

After:

Wire brush, metal type sandpaper at 80 grit, then 240. Then I used some spray paint - high temperature stuff from Halfords, but Hammerite would do just as well.

Try not to get too much between the hub and the back plate into the hub area - I used newspaper to mask the gap off.

 

[e3silversurfer]

@darren

your "before" pic look to me like its been painted before.

 

[Dal]

Yup - think it had Elvin. Look's more like that now really after another 25,000 since I did it.

 

[benking]

Ive started rubbing them down, moving on to painting now

 

[martinblueprint]

Yeah I need to do this too - show us pics when you're done!

 

[benking]

They are on my project page

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[Anonymous]

i used quick dryin enamel from wilkinsons for 2.79 its heat and water resistant i paint my calipers and drums with it glossy bright yellow and dirt n brake dust wipes straight off,

 

[PumaJay]

if you got a grider put some sanding discs on it, it'll speed the job up no end and you'll get a better finish

 

[TyeBoi]

i used a circular wire brush disk with my corded drill and this sped things up massively